The 100
I'm part of a Facebook group that is all about reading and books, etc. They form groups every month and make reading challenges. One of the ones that I started participating in this month is Book Bingo. You try to complete a bingo board of books each month. Each square has a different prompt. For example, some of the ones that I completed this month were: a book with a sky on the cover, about an immigrant or refugee, a paranormal book, etc. I really enjoy doing it because I feel like it pushes me to read a little wider variety than I normally would! But I was still able to fit in a few books that I would have read anyways.
The prompt "number in the title" gave me a good excuse to finally read a book that I've been meaning to read for a few years. I had been looking for something to watch on Netflix and stumbled across the CW's The 100. I ended up watching one or two seasons of the series and enjoyed it for the most part. I found out after I watched it that it is based on a book so I knew that I should probably read the book at some point. I had heard that the series differed a lot from the book.
Kass Morgan's The 100 takes place a few centuries after Earth was devastated by nuclear war and left a toxic wasteland. Humanity now inhabits spaceships far above the surface. However, one hundred juvenile delinquents are now being sent down to Earth as expendable test subjects to see if the planet can now sustain life. Clarke was arrested for treason. Wells, the chancellor's son, managed to get himself arrested so that he could follow Clarke, the girl he loves, to Earth. Bellamy did the same in an attempt to protect his sister in a world where siblings are now forbidden. Glass, another of the delinquents, manages to escape back onto the ship but will later discover that life isn't really any safer for her there than it would have been on Earth.
The 100 is the first book of a four book series. An honestly, it doesn't cover much time at all. It has a lot of flashbacks and becomes more about character development and the motivations for each of the characters rather than the story of their survival on Earth. If I recall, basically what happens in this first book is everything that happens in just the first episode of the TV show.
I really enjoyed this book and I would definitely read the rest of the series, at the very least to compare more with the tv series. I feel like the characters are well written, they speak and act like normal young adults might facing the same situations and having their backgrounds and training.
The main characters of the book are basically the same and I feel like they did a great job casting for the tv series. Glass is one character, however, that they chose to omit entirely...which I thought was interesting since for me, she had one of the most compelling stories. Other than that, however, I feel like they do the book justice.
I recommend this series for dystopian, YA, romance lovers. And anyone who has enjoyed the tv series will probably enjoy reading the books!
The prompt "number in the title" gave me a good excuse to finally read a book that I've been meaning to read for a few years. I had been looking for something to watch on Netflix and stumbled across the CW's The 100. I ended up watching one or two seasons of the series and enjoyed it for the most part. I found out after I watched it that it is based on a book so I knew that I should probably read the book at some point. I had heard that the series differed a lot from the book.
The 100 is the first book of a four book series. An honestly, it doesn't cover much time at all. It has a lot of flashbacks and becomes more about character development and the motivations for each of the characters rather than the story of their survival on Earth. If I recall, basically what happens in this first book is everything that happens in just the first episode of the TV show.
I really enjoyed this book and I would definitely read the rest of the series, at the very least to compare more with the tv series. I feel like the characters are well written, they speak and act like normal young adults might facing the same situations and having their backgrounds and training.
The main characters of the book are basically the same and I feel like they did a great job casting for the tv series. Glass is one character, however, that they chose to omit entirely...which I thought was interesting since for me, she had one of the most compelling stories. Other than that, however, I feel like they do the book justice.
I recommend this series for dystopian, YA, romance lovers. And anyone who has enjoyed the tv series will probably enjoy reading the books!
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